Dissolving attachment for projection apparatus.



W. L. PATTERSON.

DISSOLVING ATTACHMENT FOR PROJECTION APPARATUS.

. APPLIGA'TIUN FILED JAN. 28, 1907.

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Num-887,839. PATENTED MAY I9, 1908.

v W. L. PATTERSON.

DISSOLVING ATTACHMENT POR PROJECTION APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1907.

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No. 887,839. PATENTED MAY I9. 1908. W. I.. PATTERSON.

DISSOLVING ATTACHMENT POR PROJECTION APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2B, 1907.

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WILLIAM L. PAflTERSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, j

TO'BAUSCII & LOMB OPTICAL COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May .19, 1908.

Application led January 28, 1997. Serial N o. 354,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. PATTER- SON, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dissolving Attachments for Projection Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to bel a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had .to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements in diaphragm regulating or adjusting devices, and more especially to those applied to. projection apparatus employing two lanterns, each provided with an adjustable diaphragm, and a diaphragm adjusting device serving to so adjust the diaphragms relatively to one another that the image projected upon the screen by one lanteiii will gradually disappear or dissolvewhile another image supersedes it on the screen.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed ,out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a projection apparatus, provided with a dissolving attachnient constructed in accordance with my presentinvention. Fig. 2 represents an elevation on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of one of the lenses. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of the lens mount on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional. views of V the respective diaphragms, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the diaphragm leaves removed from the diaphragm. Fig. 8 is a View of'the dia hi'agms in front elevation, the diaphragms eing in reverse arrangement from that shown in Fig. 2.

. Similar reference numerals in the several iigures indicate similar parts. In operating projection apparatus it is frequently desirable to project successively a `series of pictures on the screen and produce a dissolving effect of the pictures or images -on the screen without altering materially the definition of the images, and this is accomplished according to the present invention by providing eachjlantern or projection lens with an iris diaphragm, and so connecting the operating parts of these diaphragins that while one ofthem closes or reduces the size' of its aperture, the aperture of vthe other diaphragm will be correspondingly increased in size, so that the total amount of light cast upon the screen from both lenses will not be materially altered during the transition from `one image to another. A y

It will be understood, of course, that the present invention may be adapted to, optical apparatus of various types, the apparatus shown in the present instance embodying generally a pair of suitably arranged lanterns A and B, provided with the lamps 1 and 2, the condensing systems 3 and 4, and the eX- tensible bellows 5 and 6 for enabling the projection lens to be roughly focused relatively to the respective condensing'systems. To the front board of each of the Yextensible bellows are attached the lenses 7 and 8, both of which are directed upon the same screein These lenses are mounted in suitable -lens mounts, and the latter contain. diaphragms preferably of the iris type and are substantially duplicates, except that in the present instance a rotation of the adjusting ring of one diaphragm serves to open the leaves, while the movement in the saine direction of the other diaphragm serves to close the leaves thereof, and the operating portions of these rings are suitably connected f'or simultaneous operation by an operating member, which may be conveniently manipulated by the operator to obtain the desired ell'ects on the screen.

The lens mounts in the present instance are practically duplicates embodying generally a lens tube 9 provided with the anterior and posterior lens combinations 10 and 11 and having a rack 12 thereon arranged to cooperate with a pinion 13, mounted on a supporting or guiding tube 14 within which the-lens tube is axially adjustable, and this adjustment permits ane focusing of the projectionlens relatively to the screen. Within the'lens tube is mounted a diaphragm, the

latter being preferably arranged interina' diate the anterior and posterior lens elements,and it is preferab y of the iris type employing a plurality of intcrfolded leaves 15, each of which is provided at one end with a projection adapted to cooperate with a radial slot in a relatively 'fixed ring 16 secured in the lens tube, and. a projection at the opposite end ol." each blade rests in a radial slot 1.7 formed in an adjusting ring 1.8, the latter being rotatable about the axis of the lens tube and having an operating portion l) extending through a circuml'ere-ntial slot 2() in the lens tube, the relatively lixed and adjusta ble rings of the diaphragm being held' in place bj' sleeves 2l and l2 suitably secured in the lens tube. f

(ine. or more ol' the diaphragm leaves is 'provided with an inw ard ly extending covering portion 25 `located intermediate the points ol.l attaclnnent ol' the blade to the diaphragm rings, and so arranged that when the blades are moved to closed position this covering portion will coincide with or cover the opening that would otherwise be lel't uncovered.

The arrangement ol the diaphragms between the anterior and the posterior lens combinations ol the projection device throws thcrn at distances l'rom the objects to be projected substantiall)r equal to the conjugate focal lengths ol' the projection devices. .ln this manner when the diaphragms or other equivalent shutter devices are operated, the light on all portions` oli both projected images is reduced or increased at the same ratio, thus giving all portions ol' the nuages the same. brilliancj'.

'.lllie opera-ting arms lt) ol the diaphragms are provided on. their lree ends with spherical heads 34 and '25, adapted to coi'ijnrate with the yoli'cs 2li and '27, the latter having oppositel'y arranged seats or apertures in their arms to engage these spherical heads at opposite sides and thus provide a universal connection between them and the rods 3S and 2S), the latter rod being provided with a handle portion il() which vis hollow to l'orm a telescopic [it with the rod 28 and these rods are held in adjusted relation by a set screw Si on the handle 30.

An arrangement of the kind described ins'ures a substantially uniform closing of one diaphragm in relation to the corresponding opening movement of the other diaphragm, so that the illumination from the two lenses will remain substantially constantduring the transitionfrom one image to another, and the connecting device, by rez son ol its universal connection with the operating portions of the diaphragms permits independent focusing movement of the dillerent lenses without altering the relation between the diaphragms, and this relation may be adjusted by means ol. the set screw b1 which permits lengthening or sli. rtening of the operating member vwhich connects the diaphragins.

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phragm may also be applied to iris diapliragms generally in cases Whereit is necessary or desirable to totally cut oli light therefrom, and it is especiallyr advantageous when applied to projection. apparatus as it insures perfect delinition of the image, and enables this result to be accomplished `with the iris torni of diaphragm which usually gives results superior to those ol any other form olt diaphragm as applied to projection apparatus.

l claim as my invention:

l. in projection apparatus, the combination with a pair ol projecting lanterns, of an adjustable diaphagm for each lantern located a distance from the object to be projected substantiall)v equal to the conjugate local length olf the projection lens, and dee vices connecting the diaphragms l'or insuring an opening movement of one and a closing movement ot the other.

2. ln projection apparatus, the combination with a pair ol projecting lanterns, of diaphragms for thel lanterns located at distances Al'roni the objects to be projected subtantiallv equal to the conjugate focal lengths o'l the projection lenses, and each having anadjusting portion arranged to move in the same direction to open one diaphragm and close the other, and an operating member `connecting the adjusting portions ol" the two diaphragms.

:5. .ln projection apparatus, the combination willi a pair olI projecting lenses, of an iris (.liaphragm l'or each lens, each diaphragm having an adjusting ring rotatable in the same direction lor opening one diaphragm and closing the other, and an operating meinber connected lo the adjusting rings for lmusing operation thereof in the same direction.

4. ln projection apparatus, the combina-v able longitudinalljr lo alter the relative adjustment ol' the diaphragnis.

5. .ln projection apparatus, the combination with. a pair oi lanterns and a projecting lens lor each lantern each having its own axial adjusting portion lor focusing, of a diaphragm l'or each lens carried by the adjustable portion thereof and each diaphragm having an adjusting arm, and an operating member having universal connections with the diaphragm adjusting arms for el'lecting simultaneous adjustment thereol and to permit independent focusing ot the lenses.

6. .ln projection apparatus, the combination with a pair o1c projecting lanterns, of a diaphragm for each lantern having an operating arm l'or opening and closing it, rods attached one to each diaphragm..operating arm, one of said rodsbeing adjustable lon-l gitudinally relatively to the other, and meansI or iixing said rods in fixed adjusted relation. l

' 7. In projection'apparatus, the combination with a pair of projecting lanterns and` having a suitably seated yoke on each end adapted to coperate With the head of the respective diaphragms. il).l Ina projectmg apparatus, the combinatlon with a pair o rojecting lanterns and a projection device or each lantern, each embodying anterior and posterior lens comf b1nat1ons, of an 1r1s diaphragm arranged between the anterlor and the posterlor lens of each projection device and devices connecting the draphragms for insuring a closing of one during the opening of the other.

9. In a proj ectlon apparatus, the combina`r tion With a pair of.I rejecting lanterns each having a projecting ens, of a pair of adjustable devices to reduce or increase the light on all portionsl of the images at thesame ratio, located at distances from the objects to be projected by the apparatus, substantially equal to the conjugate local lengthsl of projection lenses, and connection be# tween said devices for insurin the opening of one With the closing of the ot er.

WILLIAM L. PATTERSON. Witnesses:

CLARENCE A. BATEMAN ELIZABETH I. ALDRIOH. 

